Football: PSG back in a rut after thrashing at Monaco as Mbappe and Neymar frustrated

MONACO (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain had been crushed 3-0 at Monaco on Sunday (March 20) after a Wissam Ben Yedder double strike, as Neymar and Kylian Mbappe had been each booked in a feisty Ligue 1 encounter.

The French champions stay 15 factors away from second-placed Marseille on the prime of Ligue 1 after the fourth league defeat of the season for Mauricio Pochettino’s males, who’ve been shaken since being dumped out of the Champions League by Real Madrid.

Nice can shut the hole to 12 factors in the event that they beat Marseille in Sunday’s late Ligue 1 sport.

Monaco captain Ben Yedder is now Ligue 1’s prime scorer with 18 objectives after his twenty fifth minute tap-in from a rebound, and an 84th-minute penalty.

Ben Yedder additionally helped within the build-up for German striker Kevin Volland’s aim for Monaco, making it 2-0 on 68 minutes in what was the true turning level of the sport as PSG started to chase.

Lionel Messi didn’t make the journey owing to the flu however Mbappe and Neymar began for PSG and had a string of alternatives because the guests loved the lion’s share of possession.

The France worldwide stated the bitterness of the Champions League defeat earlier this month was nonetheless felt on the membership.

“We could win 8-0 and nobody would care, they’d just be thinking about the Champions League,” he stated.

“We need to remain professional, think of our families,” stated Mbappe, who was filled with reward for his previous membership.

“They are a great team, playing in European competition,” stated the 23-year-old.

Monaco’s Belgian coach Philippe Clement may also thank his ‘keeper Alexander Nuebel, who made vital saves from Mbappe, Neymar and the marauding Moroccan Achraf Hakimi.

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